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TEXTBOOKS: "Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe" (Sixth Edition), 
by Jay M. Pasachoff
and
Online Journey Through Astronomy: The Solar System by Michael Guidry, Margaret Riedinger and Frank Edward Barnes (Student Companion by Kevin Lee)

Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Ch 22: The Sun Ch 23: Solar Activity and The Earth
Ch 24: Stars and Their Spectra Ch 25: Stellar Distances and Motions
Ch 26: Doubles, Variables and Clusters Ch 27: The Birth, Youth and Middle Age of Stars
Ch 28: The Aging and Death of Stars Like the Sun Ch 29: Supernovae
Ch 30: Pulsars and Neutron Stars Ch 31: Black Holes
Ch 32: The Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy Ch 33: The Interstellar Medium
Ch 34: Types of Galaxies Ch 35: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe
Ch 36: Quasars Ch 37: Cosmology
Ch 38: The Past and Future of the Universe  



Some Web Links
of Interest for
Astronomy Students


If you are not familiar with the use of the World Wide Web, here is a comprehensive introduction to the use of the Web in education. (This site is advertised for K-12 education, but the content is relevant for Web educational issues at all levels.)


Some Newsgroups
of Interest for
Astronomy Students


If you are not familiar with how to use newsgroups, see the discussion in the webTeacher Tutorial. An FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) for a newsgroup.


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